Next Generation Crew - Geordi Laforge by Thomas Blackshear

Thomas Blackshear Art Gallery

Gallery updated on Tuesday, June 9, 2026

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THOMAS BLACKSHEAR II, the son of an Air Force captain, was born in Waco, Texas, and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. "Drawing was all I ever liked to do," he says. "While all the other guys were playing baseball or basketball, I was in my house, drawing." He pursued an interest in art throughout high school, securing a scholarship to the Art Institute of Chicago. After a year there, he transferred to the nearby Academy of Art. While finishing his college education, he was recruited by Hallmark Cards and later became the apprentice of illustrator Mark English. <br><BR>
Blackshear settled in Kansas City, where he became head illustrator at the prestigious Godbold/Richter Studio. A year later, he began a prosperous freelance career, illustrating many advertisements, several U.S. Postal Service stamp collections - one called "Black Heritage," another on classic movies, and a third on jazz musicians - and several series of Hamilton Group collector s plates featuring scenes from Star Wars, Star Trek, and The Wizard of Oz. Although he was successful, he was dissatisfied and decided to pursue a career in fine art.<br><BR>


Blackshear has received many awards for his artwork, including the Society of Illustrators coveted Gold Medal. He was profiled on The Living Canvas, an art magazine of the airwaves that was shown on public television, and he has been featured on the Ebony/Jet Showcase and The 700 Club, and in The Saturday Evening Post. An exhibit of his original works for the Black Heritage stamp series premiered in 1992 at the Smithsonian s National Museum of American History and subsequently toured the United States.<br><BR>


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Thomas Blackshear Current Portfolio

Next Generation Crew - Geordi Laforge Star Trek Collector Plate 25th Anniversary Beauty And The Beast Liberty Poster Print Little Pilot Adorable Boy Hand Signed Artist Proof Night In Day - Unframed Print Artist Proof Golden Breeze Framed Anniversary Edition 1988 Wizard Of Oz If I Were King Of The Forest Star Trek Dr. Mccoy 25th Anniversary Plate Next Generation Crew - Counselor Troi Preparing to Sound the Alarm Lithograph 1988 Wizard Of Oz We're Off To See The Wizard Star Trek Riker - The Next Generation Catching A Blessing Artist Proof (set of 2) Next Generation Crew - Dr. Crusher Star Trek Captain Kirk 25th Anniversary Plate Star Trek Scotty 25th Anniversary Plate Star Trek Mr. Spock 25th Anniversary Plate Pinkie Poo Innocent Wonders Artist Signed Star Trek Lt. Uhura 25th Anniversary Plate Star Wars Series - R2d2 And Wicket Angel At Rest Ready For Battle Black Heritage Jean Baptiste Set Wizard Of Oz - A Glimpse Of The Munchkins Zip Doodle Innocent Wonders Awakening Rustic Decorative Stand Angel At Rest Artist Proof Hand Signed By Thomas Blackshear Little Pilot Adorable Boy And Girl Artist Proof Hand Signed By Thomas Blackshear Watchers In The Night (canvas Edition) With Forgiven Witness Cards Intimacy Anniversary Edition Number 2 Star Wars Series - Luke And Darth Vader For You James Cagney Golden Breeze Anniversary Edition Indian Paint Brush Dinky Toot Innocent Wonders Intimacy (serigraph) Unframed Original Release Artist Proof Swan Song Now What? Lithograph Beauty And The Beast - Unframed Print The Watcher TWINKY WINK CLOWN CATCHING A BLESSING GIRL HAND SIGNED ARTIST PROOF Intimacy (serigraph) Original Release Next Generation Crew - Data Next Generation Crew - Lt. Worf Beauty And The Beast Super Bowl XXXVII Commemorative Poster Classic Movie Monsters Waggletag Du Sable-Commemorative Pane Forgiven 1988 Wizard Of Oz Beauty And The Beast 1988 Wizard Of Oz Dorothy Meets The Scarecrow Magnificent Mare CATCHING A BLESSING BOY HAND SIGNED ARTIST PROOF 1988 Wizard Of Oz The Great And Powerful Oz The Sound Of Victory The Vessel Star Trek Hikaru Sulu 25th Anniversary Plate Liberty Framed Print - Limited Edition Liberty Print Only - Limited Edition Star Trek Picard - The Next Generation Little Pilot Adorable Girl Hand Signed Artist Proof Texas Chillin Lithograph